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as in crude
being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining
unrefined sugar
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as in clumsy
hastily or roughly constructed
an unrefined mountaineer's hut
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as in vulgar
lacking in refinement or good taste
guilty of such unrefined behavior as eating with their mouths open
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Recent Examples of unrefined
Beef tartare is scooped with fragrant cinnamon sticks in lieu of utensils, sugars are unrefined, grains are ground in-house.
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
The show’s physical comedy, particularly from Price, feels unrefined, with many of the bits reading as either timid and unsure or worse, flailing and imprecise.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
Sunflower seeds and unrefined sunflower oil create a toasty aromatic dressing that complements the Vidalia onions and spring vegetables.
—Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2024
And the crème de la crème is extra virgin, or unrefined, olive oil.
—Marshall Bright, refinery29.com, 24 May 2024
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
The show’s physical comedy, particularly from Price, feels unrefined, with many of the bits reading as either timid and unsure or worse, flailing and imprecise.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
Sunflower seeds and unrefined sunflower oil create a toasty aromatic dressing that complements the Vidalia onions and spring vegetables.
—Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2024
And the crème de la crème is extra virgin, or unrefined, olive oil.
—Marshall Bright, refinery29.com, 24 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrefined
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Hydrogen sulfide is a byproduct of crude oil refining.Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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However, the crude tanker segment was less affected compared to other shipping sectors.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The comedian with a penchant for pratfalls also did a popular impression of a clumsy President Gerald Ford and played the Landshark.EW.com, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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What was trickiest to nail down was the thing that looks the clumsiest: the student film.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2024
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Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trump was heard bragging in vulgar terms about women.Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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What Klay Thompson’s return to the Bay really meant to him, the Warriors Curry, on a rough shooting night, took a charge on Jake LaRavia and then swiped Jaylen Wells in the backcourt before hitting a 3.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Now, the crass buddy comedy is ready to make Disney+ its home this fall — on November 12, to be exact.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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At worst, this is a case of playing crass politics with the country’s energy security.David Blackmon, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Apparently, my daughter didn’t finish all of the food on her plate, and the mom felt that was incredibly rude and a sign of poor manners.Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Those who participated in the creative exercises felt more social closeness with their coworkers, and were less likely to engage in rude behavior.Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Grind your own meat for sausages and burgers with the KitchenAid food grinder attachment, which comes with fine, medium, and coarse grinding plates.Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 4 Nov. 2024
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Just sprinkle half a lemon with coarse salt and scrub your board, then rinse with hot water.Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2024
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Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved.Joseph J. Kolb, Fox News, 18 July 2017
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Many are primitive and remote, and don’t have restrooms or water.OregonLive.com, OregonLive.com, 12 July 2017
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“Unrefined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrefined. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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